Klarinet Archive - Posting 000528.txt from 2003/08

From: "Anthony Wakefield" <tony-w@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] transition from throat notes to B or C
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 05:39:27 -0400

From: "Avrahm Galper"
> Apart from all the reasons given such as good padding etc.,the main
culprit
> is the lack of sufficient air support in the low register.
> You can try an experiment: play low Bb very softly and then try to go up
a
> twelfth to F. The F will hardly come out.
> Now blow the low Bb stronger and try the same thing. The upper F will come
a
> lot easier.
> One has to build up a strong low register( with a nice tone,of course) and
> then many of these difficulties will disappear.

*GOOD* LOW NOTES *WILL* PRODUCE *GOOD* UPPER REGISTER NOTES.
Tony W.